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| author | Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> | 2021-09-20 17:18:40 +0200 |
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| committer | Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> | 2021-09-20 19:10:31 +0200 |
| commit | 24167905955ed6d2aa9d474c80402a40c1cc7b92 (patch) | |
| tree | cecbb5c2939394d2c3b192840bd4773f573d6f51 /CONTRIBUTE | |
| parent | bcfc570bac07344cf4409d95972b504bcbc26d24 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-24167905955ed6d2aa9d474c80402a40c1cc7b92.tar.gz | |
Add a note about testing out-of-tree builds
* CONTRIBUTE: Ask contributors to test out-of-tree builds when
making build system changes.
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE index 2d70c4916ca..023d026a6c6 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTE +++ b/CONTRIBUTE @@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ top-level directory. Most tests are in the directory "test/". From the "test/" directory, run "make <filename>" to run the tests for <filename>.el(c). See "test/README" for more information. +If you're making changes that involve the Emacs build system, please +test 'out-of-tree' builds as well, i.e.: + + mkdir emacs-build + cd emacs-build + ../path-to-emacs-sources/configure + make + ** Commit messages Ordinarily, a change you commit should contain a log entry in its |